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Drills For Single-Column Ties

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In this shibari tutorial series, Fuoco teaches a series of drill exercises to help you practice and perfect single-column ties.

The single-column tie (SCT) is one of the first ties anyone learning shibari will encounter. As one of the fundamental building blocks of your rope practice right from the get-go, it’s essential not to dismiss the humble SCT as basic or unimportant. As Fuoco explains in this course, even the best and most advanced riggers dedicate themselves to making their single-column ties smoother, faster and cleaner. These exercises are designed to help you do the same, by focusing some time and energy into constructing better single-column ties.

This shibari course is divided into five videos – watch and drill each, pausing in between to take as much time as you need to practice each exercise until you’re able to repeat it consistently smoothly and confidently:

1 Building the Wrap ­– tips and tricks for more efficient cuff construction.

2 Constructing the Loop – paying attention to how you fold your rope.


3 Theory and Locking the Cuff – understanding how the Somerville bowline works.


4 Switching Hands – okay, now learn how to do it all with your non-dominant hand taking the lead…


5 Switching Directions – once you’ve mastered switching hands, further develop your handling by tying the cuff in the other direction.


This rope bondage course is suitable for beginner levels up. We recommend that everyone spend some time drilling shibari fundamentals, no matter how advanced your practice.

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6 videos

01:41

Drills For Single-Column Ties | Intro

Intro to Fuoco's Drills For Single-Column Ties.

03:03

Building The Wrap

In this video, Fuoco gives tips and tricks for more efficient cuff construction.

01:44

Constructing The Loop

In this video, Fuoco shows how to fold the rope.

04:22

Theory And Locking The Cuff

In this video, Fuoco explains how the Somerville bowline works.

02:00

Switching Hands

In this video, Fuoco teaches how to tie it with both hands.

02:35

Switching Directions

In this video, Fuoco shows how to handle the cuff in the other direction.

Comments on collection (11)

  1. MobiusSeptember 24, 2023

    Please make more drilling skills videos

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    1. LexaMay 12, 2025

      I really enjoyed the rope handling skills that was just promoted a few days ago. I tried it at a rope jam where I had plenty of room to be clumsy and felt a lot more competent afterwards! I’m going to keep doing those and look forward to trying this one!

    2. MobiusNovember 12, 2023

      Shibari Study I guess uplines are something to drill and fotomomos tied while in suspension....If there are other ideas I cant wait to see and learn. Thank you for replying to my comment

    3. Anton (.October 30, 2023

      Thanks for your feedback! We'll take note of your suggestion for future productions🙏

  2. Jennifer H.March 1, 2024

    Fuoco does a great job breaking this down into easily digestible pieces and encouraging practice and video pausing. Thank you for the very well guided series!

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    1. ShibariStudyMarch 7, 2024

      Happy to hear that you find it helpful! Thank you so much for the kind feedback❤️

  3. Jonathan D.November 18, 2023

    I find tying the Somerville bowline around a vertical column extremely challenging as the loop wants to collapse due to the effects of gravity. I'd love to see a tutorial on that in this series.

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    1. ShibariStudyJanuary 30, 2024

      Thanks for your comment! We do have a tutorial on creating hashira suspension points that you can find here: 
      Intro To Hashira Tutorial | Shibari Study

  4. Bearded R.October 1, 2023

    This is fantastic, exactly what I was looking for

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    1. Anton (.October 30, 2023

      Thank you!❤️

  5. DJoyOctober 13, 2023

    Perfect, thanks a lot !